Emma Catherine Crosby
 

Emma Catherine Crosby (born 5 June 1977, St Albans, Hertfordshire), is a British television newsreader and journalist, currently presenting for 5 News.


Early life

The only child of an English father who worked for Sainsbury's and Scottish mother who worked for Marks & Spencer;Crosby was raised in Newbury, Berkshire. She studied drama, theatre, film and television at Leeds University, which included an internship at ITN, and undertook a post-graduate diploma in journalism at the University of Cardiff.

Broadcasting career

After graduation Crosby joined the BBC becoming a producer on its rolling news channel, BBC News 24. Moving on from there, she worked for News Direct 97.3 and LBC before joining The Money Channel in 1999.

In 2001, she joined CNBC Europe and became a presenter on European Market Wrap.She also spent some time in the United States while with the network and reported for its early morning show Squawk Box, where her mentor was Maria Bartiromo.

Crosby joined Sky News in 2003, presenting the early morning news programme Sunrise.She also regularly co-presented the channel's weekday Sky News Today, and some weekend broadcasts. She latterly was also the channel's business correspondent, and in October 2007 became a London correspondent on the Fox Business Network.

In January 2009 Crosby moved to the ITV breakfast programme GMTV, on a reported salary of £120,000,replacing departing presenter Fiona Phillips, who quit for family reasons after 16 years.On 1 August 2010 it was announced that Emma was leaving GMTV,with the impending launch of Daybreak which replaced GMTV.

In October 2010, she confirmed that she would present on CNN, before returning to BBC News.She began presenting on the BBC News Channel's weekend evening slot on 23 October 2010, before moving on to afternoons the following week.On 5 November 2010, when the BBC News schedule was disrupted due to a 48 hour NUJ strike,Crosby presented the BBC News at One, and the afternoon schedule on the BBC News Channel.

In February 2011, she was appointed a presenter of 5 News as a replacement for Natasha Kaplinsky,presenting 5 News at 7 from 14 February.
[edit] Personal life

Crosby lives in Fulham, West London, with her boyfriend, banker Leo Roubicek, a vice president at Morgan Stanley.She also owns a two-bedroom flat in Cape Town, South Africa, which has views of Table Mountain.